#16CD57#16CD57

#16CD57 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.209 H 148.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16CD57
RGB	rgb(22, 205, 87)
HSL	hsl(141, 81%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(141, 89%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.3%, 0%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.57, -66.28, 46.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.57, 80.91, 145.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.16% -0.1777 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(74.16% 0.209 148.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.8805, 44.5182, 16.3492)
Luminance	0.4452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16CD57 #CD168C

analogous

#31CD16 #16CD57 #16CDB2

triadic

#16CD57 #5716CD #CD5716

tetradic

#16CD57 #1631CD #CD168C #CDB216

square

#16CD57 #1631CD #CD168C #CDB216

split-complementary

#16CD57 #B216CD #CD1631

monochromatic

#0A5E28 #109640 #16CD57 #37EA76 #6EEF9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#16CD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#16CD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #16CD57

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16CD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##16CD57	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16cd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 205, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.209 148.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bde8a',
    500: '#16cd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16cd57;
$custom-light: #7bde8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16cd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 141.311,
    "s": 80.617,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7416,
    "c": 0.20913,
    "h": 148.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16CD57

secondary

#D569AF

accent

#31B1F7

background

#F8FDF8

surface

#F0FBF0

border

#CBD4CB

text

#0C150C

muted

#7D837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #16CD57

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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